Agency Notice of Funding Opportunity:
This opportunity will fund projects to enhance the availability, quality, and delivery of services to assist minor victims of human trafficking as defined in 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11).
Additional Notes:
To address the safety, security, and healing of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking, services should be tailored to their specific needs. These young victims have often been in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and may have been victimized in multiple ways both before and during the time they were trafficked. Organizations funded under this program are expected to propose programs adapted to the developmental stages of children and youth.
Eligibility for services under this grant is limited to victims who were trafficked and began receiving services while under age 18; however, receipt of services can extend beyond the age of 18, as needed. Services may also extend to the victim’s eligible family members (a minor victim’s children and supportive, nonoffending parents and caregivers) if these services impact the minor’s safety, security, and healing. Efforts to refer family members to other free and low-cost services prior to the use of OVC funds must be documented.
